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Period: Mid-20th Century
Alongside
By William Thon
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
William Thon, 'Alongside', watercolor, c. 1990. Signed, lower right; titled verso. A fine, expressionist work, on off-white watercolor paper; the image extending to the sheet edges, ...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Broadway star Dorothy Dionne
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1933
Medium: Pencil on Paper
Dimensions: 16.00" x 13.00"
Signature: Signed and Titled
For the Broadway play "Young Sinners"
Dianne starred in the play “Young Sinners” in 1933.
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Nude Seated and Kneeling Female Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Ladies Sketch
French School, circa 1960's
chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
size: 18.75 x 12 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: private c...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
"Untitled (Dock Scene)" Watercolor on Paper, Local Scene, Buildings, Water
Located in Detroit, MI
The idyllic atmosphere of this local dock scene falls within a couple of styles one being regionalism, an American realist modern art movement that included paintings, murals, lithographs, and illustrations depicting scenes of rural and small-town America primarily in the Midwest and frequently associated with Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton. The other style is romanticism wherein the scene depicted is a more desired or dramatic version of what actually is. “Untitled (Dock Scene)” is typical of a small town dock scene from Michigan where Culver lived or from places as far away as Maine, but what makes it important is its easy familiarity: water, gulls or terns, slanting wood shanties, scruffy dirt patches and course grasses. It is not idealized, but does set the tone of fresh air, the scream of birds and the sun on water. This piece has been professionally reframed with acid-free matting and museum glass.
In a 1952 Detroit Free Press article, entitled “Artist Explains His Work,” Culver was asked why he painted the way he did. He stated: “I try to ‘see’ though not too exactly; I try to think though not too ponderously; I feel emotion yet I try not to become overwrought. I interpret rather than describe, and design rather than depict. I work with values, not light and shade; hence, when I am successful, I achieve substance rather than three-dimensional form, and this satisfies me as being wholly sufficient. In my work I wish to be serious without becoming a bore, exuberant without being frivolous, humorous without being silly. I believe that good paintings are conceived, not contrived; and I am interested in art much more than in pictures.”
Charles Culver...
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Naturalistic Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mid Century French Pencil Sketch of a Mother and Child at the Tailors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 13 (height) x 10 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Pr...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Moby Dick 4 original mid century illustrations for Herman Melville's masterpiece
Located in Norwich, GB
A stunning ensemble of fiour original mid century illustrations for Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" . Whilst sharing the modernist, stylis...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Figures in Bustling Fish Market in Nice France Vintage Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bustling Fish Market Scene in Nice, France
Tony Minartz (French, 1873 - 1994)
signed watercolour on artist paper
titled verso
painting : 12.5 x 15.5 inches
Provenance: private col...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled Senza Titolo, Italian Futurism, Drawing
Located in London, GB
MINO DELLE SITE 1914-1996
[Domenico Delle Site]
Lecce 1914-1996 Rome (Italian)
Title: Untitled Senza Titolo, 1935
Technique: Signed and Dated Crayon...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Pencil
'Seated Nude' Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Untitled 1980
Located in Columbia, MO
Grace Hartigan (American, 1922–2008)
Grace Hartigan’s work is defined by its bold color, gestural intensity, and a striking synthesis of abstraction and figuration. A central figure ...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Shoe
By Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique.
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance issued by Christie’s.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visua...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Mid Century French Drawing Study of a Classical Bust
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Bust Portrait
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper
Size: 19 (height) x 12.5 (width)
Stamped: Verso
Condit...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Old Door
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Old Door, 1953
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated by the artist on the lower right front
20 × 14 inches
Unframed
This unique and extre...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Artist's Studio - Drawing - 1941
Located in Roma, IT
Artist's Studio is a modern artwork realized by an unknown artist in 1941.
Watercolor on paper.
Dated and Hand-signed, illegible.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Yellow Flowers Gelbe Blüten - German Expressionism
By Erich Heckel
Located in London, GB
This watercolour is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist "Heckel 48" [1948] in the lower right image.
It is also hand titled in pencil “Gelbe Blüten” [Yellow Flowers] in th...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Watercolor, Laid Paper
Woodland scene with a body of water
By John Nash
Located in Maidenhead, GB
British, 1954, Manner of John Nash (1893-1977)
Woodland scene with a body of water
Watercolour and graphite on paper, mounted to card
Signed indistinctly and dated lower left
34.1 x...
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Post-War Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Nu Debout
Located in Paris, FR
Marcel Gromaire,
1892-1971, French
"Nu Debout", 1951
Ink on paper,
Signed and dated lower right
GROMAIRE Marcel: Born July 24, 1892 in Noyelles-sur-Sambre (North), died April 11,...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper
Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting on paper mid century modern art
Located in New York, NY
Rolph Scarlett
Untitled Abstract Expressionist Painting, ca. 1960
Gouache, Ink, Watercolor on Paper . Hand signed, with original Jonas Aarons Gallery label
23 × 18 3/4 inches
Signed ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
"The Foundling" By Philip Gough
By Philip Gough
Located in Bristol, CT
Classic original gouache artwork by Philip Gough (1909-1986) signed (LR) for the jacket artwork to Georgette Heyer's 'The Foundling'
Art Sz: 7 7/8"H x...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Sailing Boats with Billowing Sails Moored in Sunlit Nice France Port Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Harbor Scene in Nice
Tony Minartz (French, 1873 - 1994)
watercolour on artist paper
painting : 12.75 x 17 inches
Provenance: private collection in the South of France,
Condition: ...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Flowers 3 — Hopei Folk Art, Mid-Century Chinese Cut Paper and Watercolor
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'Flowers', Chinese Hopei Folk Art, 1956. Paper-cut with watercolor, mounted on cream, wove backing paper, with fresh, vivid colors, in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards...
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Folk Art Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Andes Mountains Peru South America, " Joseph Yoakum, Black Folk Art Landscape
By Joseph Yoakum
Located in New York, NY
Joseph Yoakum
Andes Mountains Peru So America, circa 1960s
Colored pencil and ballpoint pen on paper
7 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches
Provenance:
Karen Lennox Gallery, Chicago
Private Collection, South Dakota
Yoakum began drawing in the early 1960s. Most of his work consists of radiantly colored landscapes with mountains, water, trees, and winding roads in abstract and complex configurations. his period of greatest activity — 1965 to 1970 — when he usually made one drawing a day.
Yoakum maintained he had seen all the places represented in his drawings, a statement that may not be true in some instances. He traveled a great deal, beginning in his early teens when he ran away from home and became a circus handyman. Yoakum’s drawings can be considered memory images growing out of either actual or imagined experiences. All of his drawings have titles that grew longer and more specific over the years. He dated his works with a rubber stamp — an oddly impersonal, labor-saving device.
Although Joseph Yoakum gave vastly different accounts of his background, he was, throughout his life, classified as an African American. Sometimes Yoakum claimed that he was a full-blooded “Nava-joe” Indian, one of twelve or thirteen children born to a farmer on an Indian reservation in Window Rock, Arizona. At other times he insisted that he was of African-American descent. He described his mother as a strong woman who was a doctor and knowledgeable in the use of herbal medicines. Yoakum’s family moved to Kansas City, Missouri, during his early childhood. His father was employed briefly in the railroad yards prior to settling permanently on a farm in nearby Walnut Grove...
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Folk Art Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ballpoint Pen, Color Pencil
Mid 20th Century Post Impressionist Painting Gated Field Behind French Town
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 15 x 17 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound c...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Light White" Diana Kurz, 1960s Abstract Expressionist Subtle Color Composition
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Light White
Pastel on Paper
14 x 11 inches
Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Austria, first to England and t...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Drawing of a Boy / Butterflies
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is maybe the most influential and valuable American artist of the 20th century. While he is renowned for his iconic Pop art portraits, Caviar20 has been exploring and offering his inimitable works on paper from the 1950's. We believe this is an important, and for the time being, accessible and under-appreciated part of his legacy.
During the 1950's Warhol established his reputation in New York City as an illustrator for numerous fashion publications and businesses. His succinct line drawings were modern and gentle, realized with a brave yet delicate gay sensibility.
The images he created "off the clock" from his fashion commissions were romantic sketches, day-dreams of crushes, hunks and friends. His 1956 exhibition, Studies for a Boy Book...
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Pop Art Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Four Charging Polo Players" Signed Original Etching by Nat Lowell (1880-1956)
Located in Bristol, CT
Pencil signed LR c1940s
Art Sz: 7 1/2"H x 9"W
Frame Sz: 13 1/4"H x 14 1/2"W
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen
Ink and gouache drawing of a nude woman from behind
Located in Brookville, NY
A nude viewed from behind, with black hair , inscribed on the lower right by the artist John Begg "Mature Nude" c.1953 Outlined in black ink and with som...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Original Parisian Vintage Jewelry Design Art by Van Cleef & Boucheron Designer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of six Silver Rings Jewelry Design
circa mid 20th century
by Paul Touzet (French b. 1917)
original gouache painting, with pencil on tracing paper, unframed
measurements in left ...
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French School Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Wonderland Tale - Fairy Tale - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Wonderland Tale - Fairy Tale - Female Illustrator - The work is meticulously rendered in an exacting technique of line to the point of wonderment. Yet, Baxter can obtain an ethereali...
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English School Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen
people on the bar terrace spanish modernism colored pencils
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ricard Opisso - Bar - Colored pencils
Measurements drawing 11x13cm.
Frame measures 35x37 cm.
Son of Alfredo Opisso y Viñas, journalist, historian and critic, and of Antonia Sala y Gil, his sister Regina Opisso, was also a writer. He comes from an enlightened family full of artists. His paternal grandfather was Josep Opisso y Roig, journalist and director of the Diari de Tarragona, father of the also writers Antonia Opisso y Viña and Antoni Opisso y Viña. His maternal great-grandfather was the painter Pere Pau Montaña, his maternal grandfather the fabulist Felipe Jacinto Sala and his maternal uncle, the painter Emilio Sala y Francés. His nephew was Arturo Llorens y Opisso, a writer better known under his pseudonym Arturo Llopis.
Although he was born in Tarragona, his family moved to Barcelona when Opisso was only two years old. In modernist Barcelona at the end of the 19th century, Opisso worked as an assistant to Antonio Gaudí in the works of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona since 1892. He was linked to the group Els Quatre Gats, along with Ramón Casas, Manuel Hugué, Isidre Nonell...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
Mid Century Italian Tablescape With Red Cloth, 1956, Circle of Giorgio Morandi
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid Century Italian watercolour on paper of a tablescape, signed and dated (1956) bottom right. The artist is currently unknown.
Presented under glass in original, period plain woo...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Nude Woman Drying Her Hair
Located in London, GB
'Nude Woman Drying Her Hair', crayon and pencil on fine paper (1967), by Raymond Debiève (1931 - 2011). A shapely woman has just finished bathing and is drying her hair in the privac...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite
"He bent down and kissed her" Magazine WWII Era Story illustration for the Post
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Magazine story illustration for “Hero Come Home” by Ruth Burr Sanborn for The Saturday Evening Post, published September 12, 1942, page 24.
This sentimental illustration, accompany...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fantasy
By Bela Kadar
Located in London, GB
BELA KADAR 1877-1956
Budapest 1877-1956 (Hungarian)
Title: Fantasy, circa 1940
Technique: Original Hand Signed Gouache on paper
size: 46.2 x 29.4 cm / 18.2 x 11.6 in
Additional Information: This work is a guache painting by the famous Hungarian artist Bela Kadar.
It is hand signed in pencil "Kadar Bela" in the lower right corner of the paper.
Exhibitions:
New York, Shepherd & Derom Galleries, Hungarian Modernism, 29 April-2 July 2010, no.12.
Tel Aviv, Galerie le Minotaure...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Art Deco Prancing Horse with Female Nude
Located in Miami, FL
Famed Art Deco Sculptor Boris Lovet-Lorski depicts his signature "Stallion." in this stunningly elegant drawing. It features a nude female that is c...
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Art Deco Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Paper
Ron Gorchov Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist painting on paper Signed
By Ron Gorchov
Located in New York, NY
Ron Gorchov
Untitled early 1960s Abstract Expressionist work, 1962
Ink and watercolor painting on paper
Signed and dated in black ink lower left recto
Frame included:
elegantly floa...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Mid 20th Century Large Paris School Watercolour of a Tablescape
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large, colourful, Mid Century French watercolour of a tablescape by Roger Decaux. Signed bottom left.
Roger DECAUX was born in 1919 in Dombasle sur Meurthe in the Lorraine. He studied art in Paris with Gino Severini and Jan Brusselmans...
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French School Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
'Taos', American Watercolor Society, Chouinard, New York, Art Student's League
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'James Vance, AWS', (American, 1919-2007), titled 'Taos' and painted circa 1950.
James Vance grew up in Los Angeles and first applied ...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Pleasant Thoughts for the Morning
Located in London, GB
FERNAND LÉGER 1881-1955
Argentan 1881-1955 Paris, Gif-sur-Yvette (French)
Title: Pleasant Thoughts for the Morning Bonne Pensée du Matin, from: Les Illuminations, 1948
Technique:...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Romantic Couple In Wartime Paris on Rainy Parisian Night
Located in Miami, FL
The technique and subject matter work well together in this loosely but masterfully rendered World War 1 romantic illustration of a Soldier and a Parisian woman. Even though this wo...
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Romantic Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Beach Seascape
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Beach Seascape, Charcoal on Paper, with the artist's signature stamped lower right, unframed. 25.5" H x 20" W. Provenance: From a 3...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
J.B. Dolitro? Company Party. Male French WWII Soldiers w. Kepis and Dancing
Located in New York, NY
The artist who made Company Party. (Male French WWII Soldiers with Kepis and Dancing), about 1939, is unknown. It could be J. B. Dolitro, but that's just a guess and a deep Google se...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Alfred Bendiner, (Baseball Hitter and Pitcher -- The Philadelphia Phillies?)
Located in New York, NY
Of course it's possible that these baseball players aren't from a Philadelphia team, but I doubt it. There was so much drama and intrigue with both the Philadelphia Phillies...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor
Ray Bolger in "Three to Make Ready" & "Where's Charley?"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Unsigned
PEN & INK CARICATURES & SKETCHES - Drawings by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Ray Bolger in...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
New York
By Roger Lersy
Located in Chicago, IL
This watercolor of New York City bursting with energy in the 1960s is typical of Lersy's colorful and exuberant style. His work combines mid-century Modern abstraction with subjects...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
Jan Grégoire (1887-1960) - Framed Dutch Watercolour, Anemones in a Stone Jug
Located in Corsham, GB
Jan Grégoire (1887-1960), watercolour with gouache. Still life of anemone flowers in a decorative delft vase. Well presented in a modern gilt effect frame. Signed to the lower left. ...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Les Miserables
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal, Pastel
Dimensions: 40.00" x 30.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Les Misérables
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
Sick - Drawing by Jean Cocteau - 1934
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch realized for the book "Les Enfants Terribles".
Unsigned and undated. Matting included.
Very good conditions.
Ref. Jean Cocteau, Poesia Grafica - Disegni dal 1921 al 1957.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Stunning French Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original oil on artist paper, unframed
size: 18 x 20.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: th...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moroccan Woman with Girl by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Work on paper
Located in London, GB
Moroccan Woman with Girl, Pastel with Gold and Silver on Paper
Pastel with gold and silver on paper
47 x 62cm (18 ½ x 24 ⅜ inches)
Signed lower right, Manzana Pissarro
Painted circa ...
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Art Deco Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
House, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - House (P1.2), Year: circa 1960, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 11 x 15 in. (27.94 x 38.1 cm), Description: Plastered in bright bu...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Charcoal Portrait of an Elderly Man Smoking a Pipe Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Charcoal Portrait of an Elderly Man Smoking a Pipe
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: signed black charcoal on artists paper stuck on board, glass covered
Siz...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Wobbly bridge, Tabanan, Bali, 1937
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Wobbly bridge, Tabanan, Bali, 1937
Signed with initials bottom right and dated, bottom left
Pencil and ink on paper, 22 x 26.3 cm
In ebonized frame with white mount
Willem Otto Wi...
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Art Nouveau Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Pencil
Portrait of a Distinguished Military Officer in Uniform Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Distinguished Military Officer
pencil sketch on artist paper
painting: 11 x 8.5 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: good and sound condition - a few wear a...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
BLACK CHAIR (ORIGINAL GOUACHE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original gouache and ink painting on paper. Hand signed and dated by Alexander Calder. Executed in 1969, this work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York,...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Car in a Village by Benjamin II Vautier - Graphite on Paper - 26x17 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Benjamin II Vautier (1895–1974) was a Swiss-born artist, known for his contributions to both painting and graphic art. He was born into a family with artistic roots, as the son of Ot...
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Academic Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
The Sacred Flying Chariot -Drawing - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
The Sacred Flying Chariot is an ink drawing and collage on paper realized by an anonymous surrealist artist in 1937.
Monogrammed "P.B." on the lower and dated and hand-note on the r...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
The Cavalry Drummer on Horseback British Mid 20th Century Impressionist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cavalry Drummer
(thought to be the Household Cavalry wearing the uniform of HM Queen Elizabeth II)
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982)
original acrylic painting on board, unframed
size: 11 x 16 inches
condition: overall very good, minor wear to the edges as is normal for an unframed work
provenance: from a large private collection of this artists work in the UK
The artist:
Born in Warwick in 1901, Duffield came to Bristol at the age of 23 as an artist at the studio of Mardon Son and Hall. He worked as an illustrator producing designs for cigarette cards, remaining with the company for 37 years until his retirement. He was elected an Artist Member of the Bristol Savages in 1946. He was an extremely keen and regular attender not only in the studio but at all other Savage functions. He was noted for his friendly demeanour and seldom seen without a pipe in his mouth. He was a good pianist and would play popular tunes after the Wednesday evenings’ entertainment for members to join in singing and always with his pipe in his mouth. In 1965 he was commissioned by the Gloucester Regiment to paint a portrait of Brigadier Manley Angell James, VC, DSO, MBE, MC, a Bristol man who won his VC during the first World War. The painting is now in the Imperial War Museum. Frank was made a Life Member in 1973 and died in 1982.
Frank Duffiled was a member of the artist group, known as "The Bristol Savages":
Founded in 1894 by Ernest Ehlers, he invited his fellow Bristol based artists to spend a friendly evening in his studio to work and talk. At first, meetings were held in their private studios, then as their numbers grew, in rented premises. By 1904 this led to the official founding of the Bristol Savages and the holding ever since, of similar weekly meetings between October and May each year. In 1905 the first exhibition of paintings was held at the premises of George Nichols & Co., an auctioneer in Broad Street, Bristol. During the next 14 years exhibitions were held annually in Bristol and their first permanent home was Brandon Cottage which was made available to them through the good offices of fellow member James Fuller Eberle. When the Red Lodge...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
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This Tempting Wayne Thiebaud Watercolor Is the Perfect Summer Treat
Although he also produced pensive portraits and idyllic landscapes, the artist’s best-known images are of ice cream, cakes and other colorful sweets.
In This Surreal Painting, the Pink Foot of Patriarchy Squashes a Pumpkin Worshipped by Women
In ‘Gourd,’ Isabel Rock creates a mythic scene that looks fresh and contemporary but feels as old as Eden.
Mid-Century Americans Didn’t Know Antonio Petruccelli’s Name, but They Sure Knew His Art
The New York artist created covers for the nation’s most illustrious magazines. Now, the originals are on display as fine art.
Cecilia Vicuña Merges Politics, Science and Spirituality in Her Poetic Art
The Chilean creator, who has been living in exile in New York for decades, is having a major moment, receiving the biggest exhibitions, commissions and awards an artist could dream of.
Who Are the Most Popular Artists on 1stDibs?
Learn the stories of some of the world's most recognizable artworks and their makers.
Shantell Martin Finds Wonder in Sharing the Creative Process
The visual artist completed a new work in front of a crowd at the 1stdibs Gallery.